Game apparatus



I. F. LOYD.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7. 1918.

1,814,822. l Pmentedsept. 2,1919.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

JOHN F. LOYD, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Applieationmunevember?,1918. serial 110.262,392.

To all whom t may concern: Beit knownthat LlJorIN F. LoYD7 a citizen ofthe United States, residingin the clty ofLos Angeles,county of LosAngeles, and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Game A pparatus, of which the following is aspecification. y

My invention relates to game apparatus, and more particularly to an`apparatus `designed to be manipulated by hand, whereby to lcause thestriking of a ballwith a bat, with a movable part actuated by the blowof said bat and moved to diderent predeterrmined positions, arranged toindicate the result of the stroke.

Inthe present embodiment of the invention, the different positions arearranged to indicate different plays'in a game of base ball, and I have,therefore, referred to 1n`y device or game` apparatusA as aBaseballometer.

I have illustrated one practical embodiment thereof in the accompanyinorsheet of drawings, which I will now descri e.

Figure 1`is a front or face view of .the

device yFig. 2 lis a rearview thereof;

Fig. 3is 'atop plan view thereof;

14`ig. 4 is a vfragmentary sectional view taken on line 4-'4 of Fig. 3;and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 2. lReferring now more in detail tothe drawings, 1 designates a base, uponwhich is mounted Ian upright support 2, provided on its upper end with aplatform 3, upon which stands the form of a man 4L. In theV platform 3,in front of the man, is a slot 5, enlarged at its opposite ends, asindicated in Fig. 3.

Mounted to revolve .in said slot ,5, on a spindle 6, is an arm 7provided at its upper end with a ball 8, and at its lower end with aweight 9, the weight 9 being heavier than the ball 8, whereby said armnormallyl stands in a vertical position with the ball 8 at its upperend, as indicated. Vound on the spindle 6 is a cord 10, having a ball orweight 11 at its lower end, arranged to move up and down in front of aplay-indicating card 12, on the front of the support 2, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1. Thus it will be understood that as the arm 7 andits spindle 6 are revolved in one direction, said cord 10 will be woundthereupon and will raise the ball weight 11 to different positions infront of the play-indicating card 1Q, depending on the'force of thestroke ofthe bat, hereinafter referred to. By' taking hold of the ballweight 11 and moving 1t down to its l normal position; the cord 10 canbe quickly unwound.

The arms of the man form il are jointed at 13, 1-'1 and 15, and he holdsin his hands bat is swung downwardly as indicated in Vdotted lines,Fig. 1. At the arm joint 15, `is

Vclearly indicated in Figs. l and Q. A spring `is attached at one end,23, to the back of .the form 4, and at its other end is inserted throughthe spindle 18, as at Q11, Fig.` 5.

Said spring Q2 coils around said spindle 18 in a direction opposite thatto which the cord or cable 19 is wound, so that when the cable 19 ispulled by hand to move the mans arms and the bat 16,`for Astriking 'theball 8,

a ball bat 1G. Ahaving at its outer end a conn 'tact pad 17, forstriking the ball S when said the spring Q2 is put under tension andwill a return Ithe arms and bat to their normal positions, as shown 1nfull lines, Fig. 1, when the cable 19 1s again released.

" On the back of the upright support 2 is placeda score pad 25 forkeeping a record of the different strokes or play made by the personsusing the device.

The use and operation of thevapparatus willb'e understood from'thcforegoing `detailed description, but may be briefly stated as follows:The player takes hold of the ball 21, on the cable 19 and pulls itdownwardly. This swings the bat 1G downwardly and strikes the ball 8,giving the arm 7 and its winding np the cord 1() on the spindle (i andlifting the indicating ball 11 to some position in front of theplay-indicating card 12.

spindle G aspinning action, depending on Vthe force of the stroke, whichresults 1n

